Meja Mwangi The Last Plague

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Meja mwangi the last plague. The return of shaka and striving for the wind he has introduced stylistic devices that are not manifest in his earlier works. Since then meja mwangi has gone on to. Meja s books for children include little white man 1990 and the hunter s dream 1993. Meja mwangi is the author of going down river road the cockroach dance and kill me quick.

Meja mwangi is not a new name in kenya s literary scene. Nook book ebook 7 95. Meja mwangi is actually a household name kenyan literary circles and his gems include kill me quick going down river road carcase for hounds the cockroach dance and the last plague others are. Meja mwangi began his writing career in the 1970s a decade after his more well known compatriots such as ngugi wa thiong o and grace ogot had been publishing their works.

When he burst onto the scene with the award winning kill me quick in 1973 mwangi was hailed in various quarters as a rising star in the east african literary constellation. Meja mwangi s novel the last plague 2000 explores the aids pandemic and its effects on a small village. Translated into several languages little white man has won major awards in germany and france and in canada and the us. He offers the reader a mixture of protest and hilarity.

For awards for literary works see meja mwangi prizes and awards meja mwangi born 27 december 1948 is a kenyan novelist. Na década de 1990 mwangi ampeçou a screbir libros anfantis cumo little white man 1990 premiado an 1992 cul prémio alman deutscher jugendliteraturpreis i screbiu l romance the last plague 2000 obra. This study explores the strategies used in dust by yvonne owuor 2014 and the last plague 2014 by meja mwangi. In his latest novels the last plague.

The last plague book. The last plague book. Meja mwangi began his writing career in the 1970s. With eleven novels three children books and short stories to his credit he is one of kenya s most prolific writers.

Crossroads the last plague 349. 3 he has worked in the film industry including in screenwriting assistant directing and casting. A few works have been written on owuor s dust as well as mwangi s the last plague such as by burkeywo 2015 liswaniso 2016 and muindu 2015 but none has been done on their literary strategies. Going down river road 1976 isbn 0435901761.

Kill me quick 1973 isbn 0435901435. Among mwangi s later works are the thriller bread of sorrow 1987 weapon of hunger 1989 the return of shaka 1989 striving for the wind 1990 the last plague 2000 and the big chiefs 2008.